---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s463.31"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 463.31 - Specialized definitions."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "463.31"section_name: "Specialized definitions."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "N"subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"part_number: "463"part_name: "PLASTICS MOLDING AND FORMING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307, 308, and 501, Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e) and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318, and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."regulatory_source: "49 FR 49047, Dec. 17, 1984, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "463"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t40/s463.31
Currency
2026-03-24
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No
Updated
2026-03-24
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307, 308, and 501, Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); ... Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307, 308, and 501, Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e) and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318, and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217.
# 463.31 Specialized definitions.For the purpose of this subpart:(a) The “average process water usage flow rate” of a finishing water process in liters per day is equal to the volume of process water (liters) used per year by a process divided by the number of days per year the process operates. The “average process water usage flow rate” for a plant with more than one plastics molding and forming process that uses finishing water is the sum of the “average process water usage flow rates” for the finishing processes.(b) The “volume of process water used per year” is the volume of process water that flows through a finishing water process and comes in contact with the plastics product over a period of one year.